The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-05-23
A Western View Of Buffalo Bill.
From the SnLt Lake TtibtLne.

America has had worse representatives in
England than Buffalo Bill" He is hand
some man, brave man, a splendid shot, a
him in a close place and press him too far,
they will find that he is fighter from
away back" If he keeps sober he will not
disgrace his country, for he is shrewd
enough to know his own defects and he con-
ceals them splendidly by a retiring and
courteous manner II he happens TO go on
a spree we are not sure that he will disgrace
his country even then because he drinks as
he rides and shoots, and he will give London
suchla shaking up as it hasnot had for a long
timet9i Deep down Buffalo Bill' is a brainy
man, born general. Thathe can keep such
an organization as his under control is
proof OF magnificent administrative ability,
backed by q pluck that never falters A
couple of years ago horse was procured
that tossed off all his vaqueros and Indians,
and they reported TO him that he was too
much of terror for them ALL Bills answer
was, 1--WE came from the West advertising
ourselves as masters of horses and guns; are
we going to be thrown down by country
bred Quaker animal! Show me this horse. ="
Thereupon Bill mounted him and kept his
seat and conquered him, and the vanqueros
and savages said he was chief.
Three years ago, by the sinking of a steam
boat on the Mississippi, Cody lost great
number OF his animals, including the mule
team which served in his show to haul the
stage which is attacked by Indians.
In retltting he bought six wild mules for
the coach. They Were large animals. that
had the obstinate jaws characteristic of the
''lmpenitent mule" When ready for a per-
formance to begin the next day, the driver
Went to hin and said MIR. Cody, those
mules are wilder than Comanches and saw
age as grizzlies. When the shooting COM
mences they will take to the hills and YOU
might as well try TO stop cyclone" THAT
means" said Cody, that you don't want
to drive theInF There will be no drive
about it," said the man. ut will be simply
Cody, hitch up your cyclone and tell the
Indians we viii have rehearsal" Cody
had secured the fair grounds Of
some Eastern town for place for
his exhibition, and race track was one
of the featutes of the grounds. The mules
were harneSsed to the coach and held until
Cody got ON the box and secured the reins.
He had ordered the Indians to commence
firing when he started, and to keep it M as
distance of The stage. Then he told the men
who were holding the mules to fall back.
and the race began. The mules ran around
the track six times. Cody merely tried at
first TO keep them within the inclosare.
When, after three miles the blown animals
began to show signs of distress, Cody began
whipping them, cracking his whip and Yell
ing like an Apache. When the last three
miles were completed the mules stopped at
the word, just able to stand. Cody gave
it as his belief that they were thorough
ly broken, and lone of the sweetest
driving Teams" that he had ever tried to
engineer, and the employees who watched
the performance quietly passed the word
from one TO the other that the ''old man is
chief, sure enough" 1t is by such means
that Buffalo Bill holds his motley band of
cowboys and Indians in subsection and
when they show symptoms of quarrel
among themselves, he goes direct to the one
who is making the trouble and tells him IN
a soft voice, but with the old dangerous
glitter in his eyes, that he always takes a
hand when there is trouble in camp, and
that is enough In other words, he is alto
gether manly man, and this the men of
England from high TO low, will discover
before he has been nnoug them very long.